§ 9-15-39 — Disposition of Revenues from Sales of Timber or Minerals or from Rentals or Leases - School Lands

Alabama § 9-15-39

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 9: Conservation and Natural Resources
• Ch. 15: Public Lands
• Art. 2: Administration of School Lands, Swamp and Overflowed Lands, Etc

Text

The revenue derived from any sale of timber or minerals from, or rental or lease of, any school lands shall be paid by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources to the Treasurer to be deposited to the credit of the proper township or townships as provided for by the constitution and laws of Alabama, except that there shall be retained by the Lands Division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources a management fee of 10 percent of any and all revenue. An itemized statement of the revenue derived from the sale or lease shall be immediately forwarded by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources to the State Superintendent of Education, and the statement shall show the items of sale, the amount of revenue derived therefrom, and a description of the land from which the sale or lease was made. The Superintendent of Education, upon receipt of the itemized statement, shall immediately cause a report to be transmitted to the Treasurer showing which township or townships shall receive credit for the revenue and the amount of credit which shall be made thereto.

Legislative History

(Acts 1939, No. 581, p. 949, §8; Code 1940, T. 8, §240; Acts 1993, No. 93-631, p. 1077, §2.)